UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO AREA EDUCATION OFFICE PERSONNEL ASSOCIATION

Records, 1978-1995
1 cubic foot

The records of UIA-EOPA were donated to the University of Idaho
Library by the president and treasurer of the organization between July
1990 and January 1995. They were processed by Judith Nielsen in April 1995.
Additional materials were added to the end in 1999.

HISTORY

The University of Idaho Area Educational Office Personnel Association (UIA-EOPA)
was a professional association for office personnel at the University of
Idaho and Latah County Schools. It was organized in October 1978 by Barbara
Hisel, Administrative assistant in the College of Letters and Science,
and Barbara Hopkins, Assistant to the Dean, College of Education, with
the assistance of Larry Merk, Business Development Specialist with the
Business and Development Research Center.

The purpose of the group, as stated in the by-laws was "To elevate
the standards of the educational secretaries and office personnel within
the University of Idaho and Latah County public schools and to provide
a finer understanding of the relationship between the University, the public
schools, and the community so that ever increasing efficient service may
be rendered to our educational system." To accomplish these goals the group
sponsored local workshops and a certification program to measure members'
services and skills as educational office personnel

The organization was affiliated with the Idaho Association of
Educational Office Personnel, the National Association of Educational Office
Personnel, and the Idaho Association of School Administrators.

Following the 1989/90 school year membership was down and no one
was interested in filling executive offices, so the organization unofficially
dissolved. Its remaining funds were transferred to the University of Idaho
Foundation in 1995 and added to the Staff Education Award Endowment.

SCOPE AND CONTENT

The records of the UIA-EOPA span the years 1978-1995, with a majority of
the records covering the years 1989-1989.

Since only two officers, the president and the treasurer, transferred
their records to the library, the material was easily arranged in two series
reflecting the duties of these two offices.

The presidents' records are concerned with the public activities
of the club and include the constitution and by-laws, minutes of the executive
board, correspondence, meeting notices and programs, membership lists,
planning for annual events such as the bosses lunch and fall conference,
and brochures. The majority of the presidents' records were originally
in three-ring notebooks which were kept by year. During processing it was
decided to combine the individual components of each notebook and folder
the material. Therefore all minutes are consecutive, as are the programs,
correspondence, membership records, etc.

The treasurers' records reflect the financial condition of the
club and include check registers, ledger sheets, affiliation records, financial
reports on the bosses lunch and fall conference, financial statements,
and workshop registrations.